namastê
Portuguese, interjection/na.masˈte/
namastê is spelled N-A-M-A-S-T-Ê (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Namastê is a Portuguese interjection meaning “namaste (a greeting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does namastê mean in English?
interjection
- 1
namaste (a greeting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cumprimento ou saudação realizada com o gesto de uma ligeira vénia feita com as duas mãos pressionadas juntas, as palmas tocando-se e os dedos apontando para cima, no centro do peito ou ainda com as mãos juntas em frente ao tórax com uma ligeira curvatura normalmente acompanhada do dito namastê
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of namastê
- namaste alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce namastê?
- Brazil /na.masˈte/
- /na.maʃˈte/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to namastê
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is namastê in Portuguese?
namastê appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).